Three teens killed in crash on Mackay Ring Rd, Glenella

Police have revealed tragic new details about a catastrophic crash which killed three teenagers, left a ute on its roof and a car-towing a caravan down an embankment. UPDATES.

Debris strewn across canefields after a horror crash claimed the lives of three teenagers at Glenella, near Mackay. Police are investigating whether fog played a part in the crash.PHOTOS: Luke Lay

Police are investigating if fog played a part in a catastrophic crash which claimed lives of three teenagers in the Mackay region overnight.

The trio of friends, all 19, were travelling in a green Mazda sedan when it crashed head-on with a Great Wall ute about 10.30pm Friday.

It’s understood heavy fog had descended on the region at the time and the section of road where the crash happened was out of town, between the now shrapnel-strewn cane paddocks where debris, car parts and even a seat head rest can be seen.

The crash sent a car seat head rest and other car parts across the surrounding cane fields.

Police on Saturday said the Mazda had been travelling south bound behind a semi-trailer and both vehicles had gone through the roundabout and were on the Mackay Ring Road when the smaller vehicle legally tried to overtake the truck in the 100km zone.

It appeared the occupants of the sedan did not see the dual cab ute which was travelling northbound, and both vehicles collided head on.

The ute then also clipped the truck’s trailer causing some damage before ending up on its roof on the roadway.

A fourth vehicle, an Isuzu towing a caravan and also travelling northbound, did not see the upside-down ute on the road and veered off the road, ending up down an embankment.

The green Mazda carrying the teens collided head-on with a Great Wall ute.

Tragically the three occupants of the Mazda, two 19-year-old men, one of who was the driver and the other the front passenger, and a 19-year-old woman who was a back passenger, died as a result of the crash while the driver of the Great Wall, a 29-year-old Blacks Beach man, was taken to Mackay Base Hospital with minor leg injuries.

Three others including the drivers of the car towing the caravan and the 68-year-old Kelso truck driver declined transport to hospital.

As news of the tragedy spread on social media, several commented about the tough conditions.

Stephanie Wano wrote “fog was heavy in some parts on the ring road last night. We could barely see the lights on the police cars and the officers waving cars down to turn around. Condolences to those that lost their lives”.

The scene where three 19-year-olds tragically lost their lives.

Security footage on a camera at a nearby cane farm also showed fog in the area at the time of the crash.

Resident Ricky Barnes said he woke to people walking along the road beside the site of the crash.

“The fog has been really thick previous nights, but it didn’t appear to be as bad last night,” he said.

The triple fatal brings the Mackay district road toll to 10 deaths from eight crashes.

It also comes less than 24-hours after a crash in the Gympie region which claimed the life of a 21-year-old woman and left a 17-year-old seriously injured and after a “high impact” crash sent a man to hospital in nearby Chelona on Friday afternoon.

The driver from the Cholera crash was taken to Mackay Base Hospital in a stable condition. Picture: Luke Lay

A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said they were treating a man with pelvic and chest injuries but he was in a stable condition.

More to come.

Originally published as Three teens killed in crash on Mackay Ring Rd, Glenella